She has a job, a young son, Alex, a church to which she's devoted, and a mortgage to cover. Mary Chang, the older sister, lives a stable life in Northern California. The novel follows three women: sisters Mary and Ingrid, who immigrated to the United States from China, and their elderly mother, Wang Fenglan, who stayed in their homeland with their now-deceased father. Placidly paced, and eschewing claims to grandeur, the novel traces familial and cultural values as they transfer between generations and geography. "Beautiful as Yesterday," by San Jose writer Fan Wu, explores the consequences of trapping one family between two nations. Nationality is often compared to belonging to a family: You share history, draw borders, are sometimes proud of belonging and at other times conflicted.
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